Thailand

41 Bangladeshi trafficking victims return from Thailand today

Forty one Bangladeshi trafficking victims will return home from Thailand today. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying them will land at Dhaka airport at 7:30pm.
24 June 2015, 04:42 AM

7 ‘wanted’ traffickers arrested in Teknaf

Seven “wanted” traffickers are arrested from Cox’s Bazar as police continue to crack down on the criminals behind human trafficking.
16 June 2015, 05:59 AM

47 trafficking victims return from Thailand

A total of 47 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Thai authorities last year from Andaman Sea, reach Dhaka.
15 June 2015, 12:03 PM

Deadly dish: the dinner that can give you cancer

A local delicacy in north-east Thailand, made from raw fish, has been found to be behind a high incidence of liver cancer in the area, and doctors are trying to educate people about the risk.
14 June 2015, 05:59 AM

Beauty belies dark trade

The dense mangrove forest on both sides of the road to the Bang Ben bay through Laem Son National Park is indeed intriguing.
13 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Thai army suspends top officer Manas for suspected trafficking link

Human trafficking suspect Lt General Manas Khongpaen is suspended from military service, Army Commander General Udomdej Sitabutr says.
11 June 2015, 13:02 PM

Women trafficking victims are sexually abused all the way

Afia (not her real name) was not accompanied by any of her family members, but she showed no signs of jitters. While many in the vessel turned pale in panic due to want of food and water in the perilous sea, the beautiful young girl held her nerves.
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Trafficking suspect reveals ‘police bribes’

Arrested trafficker in Myanmar accuses local police and defence volunteers of Thailand’s western Kanchanaburi province of taking bribes to facilitate his illegal trade
9 June 2015, 15:02 PM

No escape for officials in trafficking probe: Thai PM

Thailand's junta leader says government officials involved in human trafficking would not be spared, vows to "eradicate" the industry.
5 June 2015, 14:38 PM

Trafficking: Thai army officer faces 13 charges, denied bail

Thai army officer faces 13 charges over his alleged role as the ringleader of a major trafficking operation in southern Thailand of the Rohingya and other migrants while a court rejected his bail plea.
4 June 2015, 12:53 PM

Trafficking: Top Thai army officer surrenders

A top army officer of Thailand, Lt General Manas Khongpaen, turns himself in days after a Thai provincial court allowed police to arrest him over his alleged involvement in trafficking of Rohingyas and other boatpeople, The Guardian reports.
3 June 2015, 06:51 AM

‘Wanted trafficker’ arrested in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrest a wanted human trafficker who is also a Union Parishad member in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila.
3 June 2015, 05:07 AM

Rocky road to normalcy for trafficking victims

Duong was 18 and looking forward to seeing a new place and meeting new people when she set out with her aunt Mai and Mai’s boyfriend Lap to see his parents in Vinh Phuc Province. For a Dao minority girl from the rural district of Yen Binh in Yen Bai Province, it was like traveling into another country, and she was excited.
2 June 2015, 08:55 AM

Buckling under international pressure, Thailand cracks down on human trafficking

On their way out of Thailand, several workers boarded fishery trawlers to go offshore for fishing in the Indonesian sea, but they returned as trafficked entities. The workers were rescued by Thai authorities and brought home on a Royal Thai Air Force C-130 aircraft.
2 June 2015, 08:38 AM

Kidnapped, turned into slaves of past

“My arms and legs were tied in such a way that it was impossible for me even to change sides without help,” said Jewel, who was abducted and held captive by human traffickers in November last year.
2 June 2015, 08:27 AM

Cops get permission to arrest top Thai army officer

A Songkhla province court approves an arrest warrant for a top army officer accused of smuggling Rohingya Muslim migrants into Thailand.
1 June 2015, 14:25 PM

Hotline for info on trafficking victims

Migrant rights workers launch hotline numbers in Bangladesh and Malaysia to facilitate the passage of information of the rescued trafficking victims to the aggrieved families.
1 June 2015, 10:59 AM

Myanmar navy stops reporters approaching migrant island

Myanmar's navy refuses to let journalists approach a island where over 700 migrants are said to be held.
31 May 2015, 15:45 PM

Report on rescuing trafficking victims: HC

The High Court directs the government to submit a report before it in four weeks on the steps taken for rescuing the Bangladeshi citizens stranded at sea and in the trafficking camps of Thailand and Malaysia.
31 May 2015, 11:07 AM

51 held in Thailand for 'human trafficking'

Thailand police arrested 51 people for their alleged involvement in trafficking of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
31 May 2015, 05:15 AM